How many days is 1029 miles?

Answer 1

1. Although it is conceptually unsound, the payback period is very popular in business as a criterion for assigning priorities to investment projects. Why is it unsound, and why is it popular?

2. What are mutually exclusive investment projects? What is a dependent project?

3. Briarcliff Stove Company is considering a new product line to supplement its range line. It is anticipated that the new product line will involve cash investment of $700,000 at time 0 and $1.0 million in year 1. After-tax cash inflows of $250,000 are expected in year 2, $300,000 in year 3, $350,000 in year 4, and $400,000 each year thereafter through year 10. Though the product line might be viable after year 10, the company prefers to be conservative and end all calculations at that time.

a. If the required rate of return is 15 percent, what is the net present value of the project? Is it acceptable?

b. What is its internal rate of return?

c. What would be the case if the required rate of return was 10 percent?

d. What is the project’s payback period?

4. Lobers, Inc., has two investment proposals, which have the following characteristics:

For each

Answer 2

A day is a unit of time. A mile is a unit of distance. The two units are incompatible.